This site highlights research in the Hinchinbrook Estuarine Wilderness Research Area (HEWRA), located in Queensland Australia, one of the most beautiful and diverse tropical estuarine and wetland complexes in the world. Encompassing a mosaic of interacting tropical estuarine and coastal wetland habitats, including some of the most pristine estuary ecosystems on earth, HEWRA provides unprecedented opportunities for integrated research into the fundamental nature of tropical coastal ecosystem processes. More